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WASHINGTON — The United States has deployed naval ships equipped with ballistic missile defenses and is monitoring North Korea “very closely” ahead of an anticipated rocket launch, the head of U.S. Pacific Command said Dec. 6.
It was “logical” that U.S. naval ships in the region would be employed to track North Korea’s launch and “to the degree that those ships are capable of participating in ballistic missile defense, then we’ll position them to be able to do that,” Adm. Samuel Locklear told reporters at a Pentagon news conference.
The U.S. Navy took a similar approach “the last time they had (a launch),” Locklear said.
Two guided missile destroyers, the Benfold and the Fitzgerald, had been sent to the area ahead of the launch, CNN reported.
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